Citation - American Weekly Mercury: 1743.09.15

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Index Entry Lyric, topical [beg] Unhappy youth, that could not longer stay 
Location Philadelphia 
Citation
AWM.743.033
8-15 Sep 1743:41 (1236)
An apology for the young man in goal, and in Shackles, for
ravishing an old woman of 85 at Whitemarsh, who had only one
eye, and that a red one.
  Unhappy youth, that could not longer stay, 
  Till by old age thy choice had dy'd away;
  A few days more had given to thy arms, 
  Free from the laws, her aged lump of charms, 
  . . . [16 more lines]


Generic Title American Weekly Mercury 
Date 1743.09.15 
Publisher Warner, Isaiah, and Cornelia Bradford 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1743 
Bibliography B0001441
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